PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SERVICE, BEFORE COMPLETING THE INTAKE FORM BELOW

LIFE*SPIN's Christmas Sponsorship Program, for low-income families in London, is now open.

Read this section carefully.  You must attach documents requested here.

Submit 1 form only from each family, using the email address we sent the newsletter to.

Who Qualifies

To qualify for our Christmas Program, you must:

1. Live in the city of London
2. You must be at or below Canada’s Low-Income Cut-Off (LICO).
3. You must be the custodial parent/guardian of the children you will register. Children can only be registered by ONE of their custodial parent(s)/guardian(s).

To check if you are low-income, you can visit Statistics Canada. Table 11-10-0241, which is found at:  https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1110024101

In the City of London (population 100,00 to 499,999), the Low-Income Cut-off annual income amounts are:
2 persons  - $26,037
3 persons -  $32,422
4 persons  - $40,450
5 persons  - $46,060
6 persons  - $51,082
7 persons or more - $56,103

If you are not low income, we will not be able to help your family this Christmas season. 

Loss of Employment

If you earned more than the Low-Income Cut-off in 2024, but have lost your employment, you can also attach your Record of Employment/Employment Insurance statement, to show the loss of income.  This does not guarantee your acceptance into the program, as we consider families on a case to case basis. 

Click Here to see an example of a Record of Employment (ROE)

What is Required to Apply? 

Please read this section carefully to ensure you provide the proper documents with your application. You and your family will NOT be registered if you provide the incorrect documents. We ask that you submit 1 registration form for your family, using the email address we sent the newsletter to.

Take a photo of your document BEFORE you fill out the form!

The first step is to take a picture of your required document(s).  We ask that you do it now before you fill out the form, as you need it ready to attach. 

What you submit will depend on your source of income. These document(s) MUST show proof of income AND state the names of the children living with you:

If you are on social assistance (Ontario Works or Ontario Disability Support Program) please attach ONE picture of either stub:

a) Current Ontario Works (OW) statement (Click here to see an example)

OR

b) Your current Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) statement (Click here to see an example)

The document of your choosing MUST show the names of all persons living in your household (paper or online version is fine).

If you are employed, or not on social assistance you will need to attach two documents

1) You will need to submit either a copy of Page 2 of:

Your Canada Child Benefit (CCB) (Click here to see an example)

OR

Your Ontario Child Benefit (OCB) Notice for the 2024 tax year

2) You and your spouse (if applicable) 2024 Notice of Assessment (Click here to see an example)

 Learn how to get it here: Notices of assessment - NOA or NOR - Canada.ca

Please take a picture, scan, or screenshot your documents. If your documents are not readable (too far away, out of focus), you will NOT be registered this year.  

Applications received without one of these required documents are VOID and you will not be registered.

You can view our Privacy Policy at: https://www.lifespin.org/what-we-do

Children's Wish List Section

Please fill out one for each child 18 years and under. Use the plus button to add more rows if you have more than one child.

We hope to provide one age appropriate gift to each child, valued up to $50. We do not distribute warfare toys, videogames, or expensive electronic devices (such as laptops, playstations or xbox, iphones etc) through this program. To see what kinds of toys that sponsors may be able to buy for your child, check these catalogues at Mastermind Toys or Toys R us.

We ask sponsors to buy one toy for each child, under $50.  Please write down two choices of gifts, as one might be sold out. 

Please note that some sponsors donate food boxes or gift cards for food as well, however they are not required to. We only ask them to purchase ONE gift for each child, so that every child receives a gift at Christmas.

Desktop users: please use the scroll bar below to view the toys wishlist field.

 STOP 

Did you enter your buzzer number and unit number?  If this is missing, we will not be able to help you this year.

Please review all the information you entered before you submit.

Once you submit the form you will receive a message that it was received here.  We will not contact you unless your form is rejected, for one of the following reasons: you do not qualify for the program or you did not provide the correct attachments. 

Otherwise, we will email you ahead of the delivery of your gifts with the date and approximate time a volunteer will come.